Book 1: Fresh Water [Video]

[savedtheworld]

[Aang is peering into the journal so his face takes up almost the entire screen. He begins shouting into the book as abruptly as his image appears]

Hey! What am I doing here? I'm Aang! I'm an Airbender. Does anyone know what's going on here? I can't find my friends, my clothes or any of my stuff! I thought I was on my sky bison with everyone else going to see the Earth King. Now I'm here. Have anyone of you book people seen anyone I know?

[Aang has pulled away from the journal but continues talking as he sits in a patch of grass.]

This is a really weird place. But kinda peaceful. Definitely not weird enough to be the Spirit World. What is going on here?? And... have I always had these wings?

[Aang lifts up the book with one hand, squinting and examining it like some foreign object. This results in the picture showing his quizzical face from a skewed angle.]

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[markofthewise]

[Wow. That voice. It's... is it really Aang? After this long?]

Aang? Buddy?

[savedtheworld]

[A familiar voice, even if a not completely familiar face, already?]

Sokka? Is that you?

[markofthewise]

Yeah- I mean, yeah. That's me. [It's been so long it's almost like meeting him for the first time again. Jeez.] What about you? Everything okay? Wings in working order?

[burningdownfate]

[This? This could get real awkward real fast, completely depending on what Aang last remembers back home. He's really not sure he should answer, but. Hey. It's the Avatar and what has his life been but hunting him down, right? Whether for good or ill...

... Yeah, this could be disastrous.]

Hey. [Pause.] Zuko here. [Like Aang wouldn't know him by sight or voice anytime. Idiot. Moron. Idiot.]

[savedtheworld]

[Oh, that Zuko doesn't even know how awkward this can be. Oh hey it's that guy he was recently on the verge of killing. Aang tries to put some words together.]

Hey, Zuko.

What are you doing here?

[burningdownfate]

[What is he doing here? Oh. Nothing much. At all.] Ask the Malnosso. I'm just here, wiling away the time. [Pause] Uh. Hey. So. Awkward question here, but... are we good?

[Voice]

[endgames]

[Why are people so loud lately, why.]

Do you remember having wings before?

[savedtheworld]

Not really. But I never look at my back... and maybe that's why I'm so good at Airbending!

By the way, who are you?

[endgames]

[Pfft, this guy.]

My name's Shikamaru--

[Aaand it's as he's saying this, that he catches that reply to Katara.

Somewhere, there's a record scratch.]

/sob, placeholder

[markofthebrave]

[This - this was the last voice Katara expected to hear when she opened up the journal. She'd very nearly forgotten what that voice sounded like, to the point where just a few weeks ago she'd been going back through the journal to refresh her memory.

The last time he left nearly broke her.

It's been two years.]

...Aang?

[There's still that hope, that sense of so wanting to see someone you care deeply for - but it's muted now by dread of loss and guarded, a bit, by disappointment.]

[savedtheworld]

Sweetie! You're here!

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[skaterbrain]

[Have a beanie wearing kid answering your cheerful video thing, Aang.]

Yo! Welcome to Luceti, Arrows!

[savedtheworld]

Thanks... guy! What's your name and what does Luceti mean?

[Voice]

[bigsiskonagi]

Hello, Aang! My name's Yui Kōnagi and you're currently in Luceti. Welcome! [Hi, have someone who fails to mentions details.]

What's an Airbender? If I may ask.

[Voice]

[savedtheworld]

Hi Yui, nice to meet you! What kind of place is this? I still don't really get it.

You don't know what an Airbender is? I... we're people who can use and master the element of air. We can glide and everything! It's a lot of fun!

[kyoshi]

[Oh gosh, he's here again! And... not remembering, either. This could be tricky.

First things first, though-]

Hello again, Aang. It's been a while!

[savedtheworld]

Yes! Hey, Suki! Wow, all my friends are here and I didn't even have to look that far! How have you been? I haven't seen the Kyoshi Warriors in a while!

[mistlegacy]

[Rydia stares at him for a moment, then it clicks. She's seen him before...a long time ago.]

You're from Katara's world, right?

Ah--be careful with those wings. They're our lifeline here, so you don't want anything bad to happen to them.

[savedtheworld]

Yeah! She's... one of my best friends! Are you a friend of her's too? What's your name?

Of course, I can take great care of these babies! [Aang makes a mental note that his wings are probably new.]

[thebellthatbinds]

[Whoa, the boy is loud for someone so small- although in his questions and observations she couldn't help but be intrigued by something he mentioned.]

"Spirit World"? Do you mean Death?

[savedtheworld]

[This looks like a sketchy figure (nyuk nyuk).]

No, it's not like that. The Spirit World is where a bunch of spirits live that can't die. Or, not normally. Some of them are pretty scary. There are certain people whose spirits do go there after death.

[herotypical]

[ oh. hey. this sounds like that guy sokka and katara have talked about...wasn't he here before?

she never met him, then. ]

The wings are new. Ish. Sorry about that.

[savedtheworld]

It's okay... I kinda figured by now. I guess I really am just naturally talented at Airbending!

[risingwinds]

[Wow, this guy sure is giddy! ...much like Ven. Go figure!

Either way, he laughs. It sounds like a lot of people have explained things. At least a little, anyway. However, there's something Ven is curious about.]

Nice to meet you, Aang! It looks like people've already started to fill you in, but if you've got any questions, I'll see what I can do.

[A beat.]

You said you're an Airbender, though. What's that?

[savedtheworld]

I think I've got most of the basics already. What's your name?

An Airbender is someone who... in my world... has the ability to bend air. It's really fun!